1998:493 - SHRULE, Mayo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Mayo Site name: SHRULE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 122A:4 Licence number: 98E0567

Author: Gerry Walsh

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 528155m, N 752404m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.516700, -9.083303

Pre-development testing was undertaken on the site of a proposed development in Shrule, Co. Mayo, in November 1998. Part of the proposed development site lies within the designated area of a church.

The test-trench measured 96m x 2m. In general the sod/topsoil lay directly above the boulder clay. No human remains nor any other archaeological features were recovered.

Rathbawn Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo